Teen romance — whether with vampires or in Mumbai slums — is all the rage at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards.
Twilight leads this year's field with seven nominations, just edging out the six-time nominated Slumdog Millionaire. Both are up for Best Movie.
Joining the two in the Best Movie race are The Dark Knight, High School Musical 3: Senior Year and Iron Man.
Slumdog and Twilight will duke it out in ...
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If you haven't heard the buzz surrounding Slumdog Millionaire, we'd like to know exactly which rock you've been hiding under the last few months. Let us catch you up: This touching, compelling drama from Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later) was last year's critical darling and pretty much made a clean sweep of the awards circuit, ultimately taking home the Oscar for best picture. So if you are one of those people who are in the dark (shame on you), now you can see the movie in stunning high definition with this beautiful Blu-ray transfer.
The sights and sounds of Mumbai come alive
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Indian police said they found no evidence to suggest the father of a Slumdog Millionaire child actress tried to sell his daughter.
"So far there is no evidence of any offence, hence there is ...
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Mumbai police are investigating a report that the father of a Slumdog Millionaire child star tried to sell her, but he says he was the victim of a "dirty" undercover scheme by a British tabloid whose reporters attempted to trick him.
The News of the World claimed Rafiq Qureshi, who lives in the slums with his daughter, offered to sell 9-year-old Rubina Ali for roughly $300,000.
"They played dirty with us, but ...
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The Oscar-winning producers of Slumdog Millionaire are giving back to the children who face life in the Mumbai slums depicted in the movie.
The filmmakers announced they would donate £500,000 (about $742,000) to create a five-year program that will provide healthcare and education for children, according to People. The program will work in conjunction with Plan, an international children's development organization.
"Having benefited so much from the hospitality of the people of Mumbai, it is only right that some of the success of the movie be ploughed back into the city in areas where it is needed most and where it can make a real difference to some lives," Slumdog director Danny Boyle said in a statement.
In addition to this donation, the Jai Ho Trust has been established to take care of two of the film's child stars, Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail. This trust...
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